Seven Most Important Reasons to Sleep – Sleep is a very important part of our life as humans even to animals too. Not getting enough of it can be sometimes frustrating and depressing. Sometimes we tend to ignore the importance of sleep to achieve good health.
Sleeping less than six hours a day has been proven to result in greater risks of developing diseases.
Whether you are a young person, single parent, student, or a struggling business person or one whose daily schedules are so tight trying to get your endless to-do-list achieved by having many late nights, sleep is still important.
There are many reasons why sleep is important, not only to make us feel better to carry out the next day’s activity but also serves other purposes.
Most people have adapted to having better sleep time, you too can. Stick to this ancient proverb helps “Better is a hand full of rest than two handfuls of hard work and chasing after the wind”.
Below are five (5) Important Reasons Why You Must Have Sufficient Sleep:
- Sleep Reduces Stress
- Sleep helps the Body Repairs itself
- Sleep keeps your heart healthy
- Sleep makes you more Alert
- Sleep reduces inflammation
- Sleep improves your memory
- Sleep makes you “smarter”
Iterating on these reasons makes it clearer that to be healthy; we should not trade anything else for sleep. Make sure you sleep up to 8 (eight) hours daily so that your body’s immune system remains strong.
Yes, it is however sometimes alright to sacrifice a little sleep to get a project or something “very” important done. But when it becomes a habit of “sacrificing sleep”, your body goes down a detrimental path.
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